Combination check and pocket book.



110,730,096; .l 'PATNTnnJuNz-zz, .1903." vP.J.0o01{. 1

COMBINATION CHECK ANUPCCKET BOOK. APPLIOATIoN'rILBD rms.'16. 1903` No MODEL.

MISSUURI VALLEY TRUST COMPANY- 'D/A has dmc k Cem/:cl @mnd Y l Zl/,zlcnessesr Invent?? UNITED STATES Patented Pune 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.,

FREDERICK*J.V CO-OK, @F.ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.v

OOMBINATiO N OH i-:CK lAN o POCKET, BOOK.

SPEIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 730,096,` dated l-J' une 2, 19,03.

Application tiled February 16, 1903. Serial Nod-143.588. (No model.) v

. citizen of theUnited States, residing at St.-

' Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination CheckV` and Pocket Books;V and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let` ters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v-

The object ofV my device is to provide a means for carrying and issuing blank bankchecks and for stubbing the same that will be less expensive and more convenient than the method now in common use, in which thel banks issue checks and stubs bound in stiff covers and give these check-books to their customers, the'bindin gs alonezon which books cost in the aggregate a large sum of money annually, y

I accomplish the obj ect sought by constructing a book adapted to serve as a pocket-book, check and stub holder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective of the device, the pockets being shown partially open with flap thrown back and the check and stub receptacle pages in the middle somewhat apart. Fig. 2 is a view of the device spread open, showing the blank checks and stubs before any checks have been given out, the stub corresponding with check No. 1 having been removed to the stub-receptacle below and the balance in bank to payers account entered thereon. Fig. 3 is also a view of the device spread open after check No. 1 has been filled and signed, as shown in Fig. 2, and stubbed and removed from the check-book and the balance carried from stub No. l to stub No. 2, which was under check No. 1 and is now over check No. 2. Fig. 4 is an end view of the device; Fig. 5, a detail of a blotter attachment; Fig. 6, a detail of one of the check and stub retainers or caps, and Fig. 7is a detail of one of the check and stub holders or snaps.

Similar letters refer to similar part-s throughvout the several views.

A and A represent one set of pockets adapt- Vthe ends of the pocketsl B B' a similar set of pockets.

C represents a back of pliable material between the'two sets of pockets topermit them tobe folded together. I

The inner sides of pockets A and B, which are adapted to fold together, are made ofsufciently sti if material to write upon and are provided at eachof their four corners with caps D D, which are elevated Venough to adtwenty-five blank bank checks and their twentyfive corresponding stubs. In'order to hold these checks and stubs more securely, preventing all 'possible danger of their slipping out'of caps D D, the device is provided with spring-snaps `E E. The ends' H H of pockets A and B' are extended sov that the heads of snaps E E will not project beyond To protect the pockets and the checks and stubs, Va Hap-,I is provided. 1 y

K is a wire retainer for carryinga blotter. In using the device the stubs and their corresponding checks are placed in alternate 0redfor n seincarrying currency or papers, and

' mit the insertion of the corners of notless than der on top of each otheron the side of pocket No. 1. `Said check No. vlV "is then removed from the check-book and the balance on said stub No. l is transferred to stub No. 2, which was under check No. l and is 'now on theV vside of pocket A, as shown vin Fig. 3.

The balance which appears on stub No. 1 is then on stub No. 2 also, and stub No. l is on the B side and stub No. 2 on the A side, as shown rin Fig. 3, thus leaving in full view the record of three transactions-to wit, `the issue of check No. l, stnbbing check No. l, and carrying the balance of account with bank to stub No. 2. Without having any of these transactions out lof sight and `without being obliged to turn eitherbackward or forward for amounts or numbers, stub No'. 2 canthen also be relnoved to the B sdeof the book on top of stub No. 1, whereit'will show th'e balance in bank. Check No. 2 is then left on "No3 l is then filled outandis stubbed on stub IOO topvon the A side ready for the next transferred to the B side of the book and all the Cheeks having been used, the stubs may be disposed of in whatever manner the holder sees ft., and the book is ready for :L newsupply of stubs and cheeks.

What; I claim, and desire to secure by Let,- ters Patent, is-

The combination in a pocket; (ind Cheek book of e liep protection, n. flexible back to permit the book to be folded up and out, the duplicate inner and outer pockets on each side of' the lmek, the protection extensions ab the ends of the outer sides of Lhe pockets, the inner stiff sides of the duplicate inner FREDERICK J. COOK,

VVibnesses:

E. M. LINDSAY, EMMA HECKEL. 

